Where does “-μα” come from?

-μα (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

-μα (Greek): καπνίζω + API → κάπνισμα; ζεσταίνω + API →...

Definitions

  1. καπνίζω + API → κάπνισμα; ζεσταίνω + API →...

Ancestry of “-μα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
2Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “-μα”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →